Pail or bucket.



No. 686,34I.

. (No Model.)

C. E. BERTELS'..

PAILl 0R BUCKET.

(Application filed Jan. 30, 1901.)

Patented Nov/l I9, I90I.

eriela Smm NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. BERTELS, OFWILKESBARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAIL OR BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,841-, dated November 19, 1901.

Application led January 30,1901.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. BERTELs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerneand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand useful Pail or Bucket, of which the following is a specification. y

The present invention relates to buckets, pails, and similar receptacles, and more particularly to that class having a top closure and a pivoted bail.

The objects of the invention are to provide, first, exceedingly simple means for holding the handle, bail, and body of the receptacle against independent movement; secondly, novelmeans for holding the cover on the body while the bail is infelevated position, and, thirdly, to arrange the above mentioned means so that they will operate simultaneously, whereby when the bail is unfastened the cover will also be unlocked, and likewise when the bail is fastened in its raised 'position the cover will be automatically locked in place. 1

To the accomplishment of these several objects the construction shown in the accompanying drawings and described in the following speciiication is preferred; but it will be understood that such construction is open to change and modification within the scope of the claims hereto appended.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lunch pail or bucket embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, onan enlarged scale, of the bail-holding and coverlocking means when in operative position. Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3, but with said locking means in inoperative position. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the bail-ears. Fig. 6 is a detail longitudinal sectional view through the hand-gri p.

Similarnumerals of reference designate co'rresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. A

In order to clearly illustrate the arrangement and application of the invention, an ordinary lunch pail or bucket is shown, of which the body is designated by the numeral 10 and the reservoir-cover by the numeral 11, said coverbein g provided with the usual outstanding stop-flange 12,that is arranged to rest upon p Serial No. 45,362. (No model.)

the top edge of said body. Associated with said pail is the bail 13, which is pivotally connected to opposite portions of the top edge of the body 10 by means of the ears 14.- As shown in Fig. `5, these ears each comprise a flat body portion 15, having at its upper edge an outwardly-projecting upstanding lug 16, which is provided with a pivot-opening 17 and 6o an outturned lip 18 at its lower end, the outer edge of said lip being in the form of a continuous curve and provided at an intermediate portion directly beneath the pivot-opening 17 with a notch 19. These ears are arranged 65 to be secured to the body by any suitable means-for instance, rivets 20, that pass through suitable openings 21 in the body portion of said ears.'

The bail 13 is preferably made of spring- 7o wire and is provided at its central portion with an odset portion 22, in which is arranged a handle-grip 23. It will be observed that this grip is slightly longer than the oset portion and is provided in its ends with notches 24,' in which the lateral ends of the offset p0rtions fit, whereby the handle-grip is held against movement upon the bail. The ends of the bailare provided with lateral offset portions 25, forming pivots, which pass through 8o the pivot-openings 17 of the ear, the inner portions of said pivots forming retainingshoulders 26, that normally bear upon the stop-ange 12 of the cover. These pivots preferably incline downwardly from their inner ends and are arranged to have a sufficient longitudinal movement to permit of the disengagement of the shoulders from the coverflange. Depending from the outer ends of the pivots 25Mare locking-arm extensions 27, 9o having inset portions that are arranged to engage on the notches 19 of the ears when the bailis in its raised position.

The operation of the device is substantially as follows: When the bail is raised to its elevated position, the arm extensions 27 will ride over the rounded ends of the lips 18 until they aline with the notches 19 of the same, whereupon the resiliency of the wire Will cause said arms to seat themselves in said roo notches. The pivots 25 will therefore move inwardly through the openings 17, and the shoulders 26 will be disposed over the cover 11. It will therefore be seen that the bail downward incl-inationwill be forced out wardly, thus carrying the retainingfshoulders from above the cover-fiange and the lockingarms out of disengagement with the notches. The bail is then free to be lowered and the cover. removed.

By the above construction it will be seen that exceedingly simple means are provided for locking the bail in raised position and preventing the swinging of the bucket, and furthermore for retaining the top in place.

' A still further advantage resides in having these all arranged to operate simultaneously and lock automatically when the bail is raised. From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparant to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent, is-

1. In a receptacle of the class described, the combination with a body and cover, said body being provided with a pivot-eye, of a bail having a pivot slidably and rotatably mounted in the eye of the body, locking means carried by the bail and arranged to engage the cover to hold the same in place uponthe body, and coacting means carried by the body and bail to hold said bail against independent movement, said cover and bail holding means being simultaneously operated upon the sliding movement of the pivot of the bail in the eye of the body.

2. In a receptacle of the class described, the combination with a body and a cover, of an ear secured to the body and having a pivoteye, a bail having a pivot engaging in said eye and longitudinally movable therein, the inner end of the pivot being arranged to engage over the edge of the cover, and means located upon the exterior of the ear and engaging the bail to hold the same against relative movement when the pivot is engaged over the cover,said bail disengagin g from the holding means when the pivot is moved longitudinally in the pivot-eye and out of engagement with the cover.

3. In a receptacle of the class described, the combination with the body and a cover, of an ear secured to the body and having a pivoteye, a bail having a pivot engaging in said eye and longitudinally movable therein, the inner end of the pivot being arranged to engage over the edge of the cover, a pair of shoulders located upon the exterior of the ear, a portion of the bail being arranged to engage between said shoulders when the pivot is located over the cover,said bail being adapted to disengage from the shoulders when the pivot is moved longitudinally in the pivoteye and out of engagement with the cover.

4. In a receptacle of the class described, the combination with the body, of an ear secured to the body and having a pivot-eye, a resilient bail having a pivot engaging in said eye and longitudinally movable therein, a pair of shoulders located upon the exterior of the ear, said bail being provided with means arranged to be urged into engagement between the shoulders of the ear to hold the bail and body against relative movement, and adapted to be disengaged when the pivot is moved longitudinally in the pivot-eye.

5. In a receptacle of the class described, the combination with the body, of an ear secured to the body and havingan upper pivot-eye' and a pair of spaced projections arranged below the plane of said eye, and a bail pivotally connected to the eye of the ear and having a depending arm arranged to engage between the projections thereof to'hold the body and bail against relative movement.

6. In a receptacle of the class described, the combination with the body, of an ear secured to the body and having an upper pivot-eye and a pair of spaced projections arranged below the plane of said eye, and a bail having an offset portion forming a pivot that passes through the eye and is longitudinally movable therein, the free end of said pivot being provided with a depending arm arranged to engage between the projections of the ear to hold the body and bail against relative movement.

7. In a receptacle ofthe class described, the combination with the body and cover, of a perforated ear carried by the body, and a bail having an oset pivot which passes through the perforation of the ear and is capable of longitudinal movement therein, the inner portion of said pivot being normally disposed above the edge of the cover, said pivot having its under. face inclined downwardly from its inner end, whereby the pivot will be moved outwardly upon a downward pressure upon the bail and said inner portion will be moved from above the edge of the cover.

8. In a receptacle of the class described, the combination with the body and cover, of an ear secured to the body and having an upper pivot-eye and a lower outwardly-projecting rim provided with a notch, and a resilient bail having an outstanding pivot passing through the eye and capable of longitudinal movement therein, said pivot being provided on its outer end with a depending arm arranged ICO IIO

to engage in the noteh of the rim when the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as bail is in raised position, the inner portion of my own I have hereto afxed my signature in said pivot being also arranged over the edge the presence of two Witnesses.

of the cover when the bail is raised, said pivot CHARLES E. BERTEIS. 5 being adapted to be moved longitudinally in Witnesses:

the pivot-eye to disengage the cover and to -D. L. ONEILL,

move the depending` arm from the notch. RICHARD N. JONES. 

